Earth Sculpture; Or, The Origin of Land-forms |
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... North America . By ISRAEL C. RUSSELL . Illustrated . 4. Earth Sculpture ; or , The Origin of Land Forms . By JAMES GEIKIE . Illustrated . 5. Volcanoes ; Their Structure and Significance . By T. G. BONNEY . Illustrated . 6. Bacteria . By ...
... North America . By ISRAEL C. RUSSELL . Illustrated . 4. Earth Sculpture ; or , The Origin of Land Forms . By JAMES GEIKIE . Illustrated . 5. Volcanoes ; Their Structure and Significance . By T. G. BONNEY . Illustrated . 6. Bacteria . By ...
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... North America . The maps and sections , and the monographs , me- moirs , and reports of our own and other national geological surveys are storehouses of information and instruction in physiographical geology . Some of these works that ...
... North America . The maps and sections , and the monographs , me- moirs , and reports of our own and other national geological surveys are storehouses of information and instruction in physiographical geology . Some of these works that ...
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... North - west Highlands ; to Mr. Stanford for reproductions of il- lustrations ( Figs . 77 , 83 , 87 , 88 ) from my Outlines of Geology ; to Herr Tempsky , Vienna , for Figs . 41 , 45 , 56 , from Kirchhoff's Länder kunde des Erdteils ...
... North - west Highlands ; to Mr. Stanford for reproductions of il- lustrations ( Figs . 77 , 83 , 87 , 88 ) from my Outlines of Geology ; to Herr Tempsky , Vienna , for Figs . 41 , 45 , 56 , from Kirchhoff's Länder kunde des Erdteils ...
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... North America - Modifications of Surface produced by Glacial Action . CHAPTER XII LAND - FORMS MODIFIED BY OLIAN ACTION Insolation and Deflation in the Sahara - Forms assumed by Gran- itoid Rocks and Horizontal and Inclined Strata ...
... North America - Modifications of Surface produced by Glacial Action . CHAPTER XII LAND - FORMS MODIFIED BY OLIAN ACTION Insolation and Deflation in the Sahara - Forms assumed by Gran- itoid Rocks and Horizontal and Inclined Strata ...
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... North America to the shores of the Arctic Ocean is almost entirely occupied by them . Another im mense area of crystalline schistose rocks is met with in Brazil . The Highlands of Scotland , the Scandi- navian Peninsula , and North ...
... North America to the shores of the Arctic Ocean is almost entirely occupied by them . Another im mense area of crystalline schistose rocks is met with in Brazil . The Highlands of Scotland , the Scandi- navian Peninsula , and North ...
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accumulation Alps anticlines basalt base-level basins become beds Carboniferous character cliffs coast-lines cones configuration Cretaceous crust crustal movements crystalline débris denudation deposits depressions depth detritus direction dislocations drainage elevation epigene action epigene agents eroded escarpments eventually feet fiords flexures flow fluvio-glacial deposits folds fracture gently geological structure glacial action glaciers gradually granite ground-moraines Highlands hills hollows horizontal strata ice-sheet igneous rocks inclined indented infrequently irregular islands joints Jura Mountains laccoliths lakes land land-forms land-surface lava less limestone low grounds masses materials Mesozoic modified moraines mountain-chain mountain-valleys mountains normal faults North Old Red Sandstone outcrops owe their origin Permian plain of erosion plateau regions relatively result ridges rock-basins rock-masses sand sandstones schistose schists Section sediment shales Silurian slopes Southern Uplands strata streams and rivers superficial surface surface-features synclinal tectonic tend thickness tion tracts traversed underground undulating usually valleys vertical volcanic